For over 25 years our consumer brand Earth Cycle, supported by our Soils & Composts team, has been supplying eco-friendly products which nourish gardens. We turn recycled green waste into high-performing soils and composts – keeping valuable organic material out of landfill and where it belongs: back in the ground.

As with so much of our work– it’s not just what we do but the way that we do it which matters. So, for Earth Cycle, our newest project is to build community garden here in West Sussex – at the Aldingbourne Country Centre. Our plans are to create a space which our products, our values, our team and the wider community come together – to grow plants, vegetables, herbs and trees, and build a place which people can enjoy outdoors.

Practicing what we preach

Our work to recycle green waste into high-performing soils and composts has been happening for over 25 years. So our community garden lets us show how our products work in the most honest way possible – nourishing real plants, trees, fruits, vegetables and flowers through the seasons.

Growing a community

By creating this garden and enabling our team, local people, families and schools to enjoy it we’re hoping to create a place to share knowledge, swap ideas and grow food. And we’re aiming to foster an outdoor space which people can enjoy – especially given that time ‘in the green’ can boost mental health and wellbeing.

Real world learning

We hope to show all the ways in which our products can be used – from planting seeds and seedlings to adding nutrients into the ground. The Aldingbourne team will also be adding a classroom space in time, to encourage children, schools and home ed groups to find out more about gardening and growing your own.

Our community garden will also be a place to help amateur gardeners learn too – so we’ll be using it as a base for the Earth Cycle team to host workshops and share hints and tips about what to do in the garden and when!

We’re excited about this community garden project and are looking forward to it becoming a space which people enjoy, and discover how to help their own gardens thrive.

Here’s Mike Jupp, Commercial Director at Earth Cycle with our community garden’s designer: Lynne Lambourne, a sustainable garden designer who has worked with the RHS Chelsea Flower Show and the Ideal Home Show.